AP PSYCH Sleep Review

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How many sleep cycles do we go through in a night?

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3-5

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REM stands for

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Rapid eye movement

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As the sleep cycle evolves through the night, people tend to:

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spend more time in REM sleep and less time in NREM sleep.

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What is released by your body at night to trigger sleepiness to prepare for sleep?

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Melatonin

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Measures the electrical activity in the form of brain waves.

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Electroencephalograph (EEG)

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Abbreviation for the type of sleep where a person does not experience rapid eye movements.

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NREM

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What is the Active phase in Sleep in which Dreams occur? Options: NREM 1, NREM 2, NREM 3, REM

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REM

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A relatively rare condition that involves irresistible attacks of sleepiness, brief periods of REM, and often muscle paralysis is called:

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Narcolepsy

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Which dream theory suggests dreams are the mind's attempt to make sense of random neural activity in the brain while one sleeps?

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activation synthesis

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Which dream theory suggests dreams serve an important memory-related function by sorting and sifting through the day's experiences? Options: Psychoanalysis, Freud process, activation synthesis

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information processing